Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) and Rheinmetall have jointly awarded a contract worth over £10m to Renvale Ltd to supply CAN-Node electro-mechanical boxes for the British Army’s new Boxer vehicles.

Renvale is working closely with Ray Service, a.s., who has supplied components for other international Boxer programmes. Ray Service is supporting Renvale with upskilling and technology transfer, and has recently begun production for prototype components ahead of the Boxer UK programme.

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On 18 August 2021 RayService and Rheinmetall signed a contract for the production of electrical components in Slovakia. The contract covers cables and harnesses for the Lynx KF41 program of the Hungarian Army, worth more than four Million Euro for the first batch until 2022. Follow-on orders are expected. Hungary has ordered 218 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles by Rheinmetall that will be produced in Germany and Hungary.

The strategic cooperation ensures region-wide support from RayService for Rheinmetall’s innovative Lynx IFV platform. RayService contributes to Lynx and other Rheinmetall programmes through the supply of vitally important cable harnesses, electromechanical assemblies, and external lighting systems, as well as the localization of third-party equipment including NBC systems, fire extinguishing systems, turret drive systems and tracks and road wheels.

Based in Staré Mesto, Czech Republic and Zilina, Slovakia RayService started working with Rheinmetall in 2011.

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See the video (including English subtitles) below or visit the official YouTube channel of the Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces of the Czech Republic.

More in Czech language: Víme, co máme. Obrana spouští unikátní kampaň na podporu domácích firem

We will be more than happy to meet you at the Ray Service stand 073 (hall P) at the International Defence and Security Technologies Fair IDET 2019.

On 12 July 2018, General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) managers visited the Ray Service company in Staré Město, Czech Republic and met officials of the Staré Město town and the Zlín region and managers of the Zlín region companies.

Visit our stand (12-E22) at International Defence Exhibition and Conference – IDEX 2017 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) on 19 – 23 February 2017.

Ray Service offers cylindrical connectors in accordance to MIL-DTL-38999 Series I, II, III. Custom production combines good value for money with short lead time.

Originally designed to meet the high performance needs of the aerospace industries & military applications, it is also now used in varied applications needing extremely reliable interconnections with high density contact arrangements in a miniature circular shell.